12:26 PM,
Apr. 12, 2014

Written by

Susan Bloom
Correspondent

With recent incidents like the January 2012 grounding of Carnival's Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, which killed 32 people, the stranding of the Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico in 2013 after an engine room fire disabled the ship's electrical systems, and various cruises where individuals went missing, the cruise industry has had its share of negative media attention.

But should these headlines impact consumers' perception of their health and safety on cruises? According to a recent survey of 1,700 people on CruiseCritic.com: